{"id":1175,"date":"2016-06-16T19:14:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T19:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rgdaniel.com\/blog\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2016-06-16T19:16:27","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T19:16:27","slug":"r-i-p-bell-2002-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rgdaniel.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/16\/r-i-p-bell-2002-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Bell, 2002-2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rgdaniel\/178135283\/in\/photolist-gJZpZ-gNgtr-5LWwNH-J1u1qE-vfC6g3-geK7L-geJgY-j2ik92-geJZT-geKEU-geKoE-geJeS-eRA11Z-geJia-fPCphj-f8RKMB-geK2s-gNgH8-gNgqC-gNgty-yePwxr-gNgsW-gNgEp-gNgtS-cJ25H-gNgt9-F25dBG-xpf1jp-gNgvY-x73yDh-gNgrr-CiYWyD-gNgvg-dDvije-gNgqX-x73DYs-xnRQu5-EJFuTF-geK3K-geKnj-geKrq-fnbySi-geJfy-ohhtDx-itKAN6-geK5A-eszuYb-6BPLzk-eszuCU-9RyKfH\" title=\"104-0486_Bell - car seat\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/1\/63\/178135283_7b53ebc64e_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"471\" alt=\"104-0486_Bell - car seat\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Oh boy, this is hard&#8230; we had to say goodbye to our sweet Bell today. She was all out of life, but too much of a bulldog to admit it. We didn&#8217;t think she would make it to Christmas, back in 2014.  She got TWO more Christmases under her belt, as it turned out.<\/p>\n<p>Bell was a very sweet puppy. She was part of a litter of Valley Bulldogs that were so similar in appearance, that one time we brought home the wrong puppy from doggy daycare at the breeder&#8217;s. But we got that straightened out. Pretty sure.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rgdaniel\/178774790\/in\/photolist-geK2s-5LWwNH-J1u1qE-gNgH8-geK3K-geKnj-gNgqC-geKrq-gNgty-yePwxr-gNgsW-gNgEp-gNgtS-fnbySi-cJ25H-gNgt9-geJfy-F25dBG-xpf1jp-ohhtDx-gNgvY-x73yDh-itKAN6-geK5A-gNgrr-CiYWyD-gNgvg-eszuYb-6BPLzk-eszuCU-9RyKfH-oiR9JK-w5s81-dDvije-gNgqX-x73DYs-xnRQu5-oC5Lje-dYezrV-EJFuTF-w5UtH-kKfm1-viaXs-jaaS7-iDRnN-jTSeN-hC3Eg-izr4f-hEpX3-tkRdub\" title=\"111-1122_Bell and Tico\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/66\/178774790_5d5b31315d_z.jpg?zz&#x3D;1\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"111-1122_Bell and Tico\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bell was the last of the fabulous furry foursome, Silver, Tiger, Bell, and Lucy. It&#8217;s going to be so strange to not use the plural: time to feed the dogs, shall we take the dogs for a walk, etc.  I used to walk them in shifts: big-big, then little-little, or sometimes big-little, then the other big-little.  I think matched-size pairs worked best.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rgdaniel\/178775437\/in\/photolist-geK2s-5LWwNH-J1u1qE-gNgH8-geK3K-geKnj-gNgqC-geKrq-gNgty-yePwxr-gNgsW-gNgEp-gNgtS-fnbySi-cJ25H-gNgt9-geJfy-F25dBG-xpf1jp-ohhtDx-gNgvY-x73yDh-itKAN6-geK5A-gNgrr-CiYWyD-gNgvg-eszuYb-6BPLzk-eszuCU-9RyKfH-oiR9JK-w5s81-dDvije-gNgqX-x73DYs-xnRQu5-oC5Lje-dYezrV-EJFuTF-w5UtH-kKfm1-viaXs-jaaS7-iDRnN-jTSeN-hC3Eg-izr4f-hEpX3-tkRdub\" title=\"Silver Tiger Bell Lucy\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/49\/178775437_2c4d72b9ec_z.jpg?zz&#x3D;1\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Silver Tiger Bell Lucy\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bell was happy to hang out with me, especially around meal times, but if we&#8217;re being honest she was Lynda&#8217;s dog. Bell became especially important to Lynda during the time her daughter was away at school, and Lucy and I were still at the condo during the week. They had a very strong, almost mother-daughter bond.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rgdaniel\/2396422230\/in\/photolist-4DLhQE-cJ25Q-geK7L-geJgY-j2ik92-geJZT-geKEU-ceqRes-gNgpR-geKoE-geJeS-eRA11Z-geJia-dDxy9r-fPCphj-f8RKMB-gJZpZ-gNgtr-geK2s-5LWwNH-J1u1qE-geK3K-geKnj-gNgqC-geKrq-gNgty-yePwxr-gNgsW-gNgEp-gNgtS-fnbySi-cJ25H-gNgt9-geJfy-F25dBG-xpf1jp-ohhtDx-gNgvY-x73yDh-itKAN6-geK5A-gNgrr-CiYWyD-gNgvg-eszuYb-6BPLzk-eszuCU-9RyKfH-oiR9JK-w5s81\" title=\"Lynda and Bell\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2247\/2396422230_d1c3ba45e1_z.jpg?zz&#x3D;1\" width=\"640\" height=\"603\" alt=\"Lynda and Bell\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It was devastating to have to say goodbye. I&#8217;m so glad we all had some quality time near the end, even as she was starting to struggle, walking, breathing, in a way we knew we couldn&#8217;t allow to go on much longer. <\/p>\n<p>Night night sweet Bell.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rgdaniel\/27572448822\/in\/photolist-J1u1qE-vfC6g3-geK7L-geJgY-j2ik92-geJZT-geKEU-geKoE-geJeS-eRA11Z-geJia-fPCphj-f8RKMB-geK2s-gNgH8-gNgqC-gNgty-yePwxr-gNgsW-gNgEp-gNgtS-cJ25H-gNgt9-F25dBG-xpf1jp-gNgvY-x73yDh-gNgrr-CiYWyD-gNgvg-dDvije-gNgqX-x73DYs-xnRQu5-EJFuTF-geK3K-geKnj-geKrq-fnbySi-geJfy-ohhtDx-itKAN6-geK5A-eszuYb-6BPLzk-eszuCU-9RyKfH-oiR9JK-w5s81-oC5Lje\" title=\"Bell and Lynda in the Garden\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c7.staticflickr.com\/8\/7530\/27572448822_9e70e44d92_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Bell and Lynda in the Garden\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh boy, this is hard&#8230; we had to say goodbye to our sweet Bell today. She was all out of life, but too much of a bulldog to admit it. We didn&#8217;t think she would make it to Christmas, back in 2014. She got TWO more Christmases under her belt, as it turned out. Bell [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rgdaniel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rgdaniel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rgdaniel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rgdaniel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rgdaniel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1175"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rgdaniel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1179,"href":"https:\/\/www.rgdaniel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175\/revisions\/1179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rgdaniel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rgdaniel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rgdaniel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}